A Rational Explanation of Noah's Flood
Of all the silly beliefs young Earth creationists have this one may
be the silliest one of all. Young Earth creationists say the entire
planet was flooded and two of every kind of animal in the world fit
into an itsy-bitsy ark. So everyone just naturally asks, where did
all the water come from? Where did it go? How do you fit all those
animals into the ark and their food besides? And don't forget, what
about all the plants? How did they survive the flood? How can
anyone believe the young Earth creationist interpretation of the
story?
Explaining Noah's flood has become quite easy. At the time of
Noah's flood a rather large comet or meteor slammed into the Indian
Ocean and left behind what scientists call the Burckle impact
crater. The crater is 18 miles wide and 12,000 feet below the
surface. The impact caused a huge tsunami that left behind evidence
in Africa, India and Australia. In fact, that's how the crater was
discovered in the first place. Scientists worked backward from the
evidence they found in Africa, India and Australia. It was that
tsunami that lifted up the ark and carried it into the mountains of
Ararat. (Note that the Bible clearly says that it landed in the
mountains of Ararat and NOT on top of Mt. Ararat.) It also seems
pretty reasonable that a comet would have spawned some rain as well.
If you want more details see the book, The Comets of God by
Jeffrey Goodman or there is also this online article "Noah's
Flood Was Really a Tsunami Caused by a Comet: A Retranslation of
Genesis 7:11"
(blogs.christianpost.com/comets-of-god/noahs-flood-was-really-a-tsunami-caused-by-a-comet-a-retranslation-of-genesis-711-8825)
by Goodman.
It was really nice of God to have created the flood in such a way as
to leave some physical evidence behind that confirms the Biblical
account. But why do young Earth creationists ignore this evidence
and continue to insist on their ridiculous interpretation of the
Bible that only discredits the Bible? I know the answer, do
you?
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